James Castle @ Berkeley Art Museum

Born deaf, never learned how to read, write, speak, sign, or lip-read and spent the entirety of his days making art on his family farm.  Favorite medium?  Soot and spit.  Apparently, he hadn't a clue of the goings-on of the "art world." 

I was fascinated.  And/or majorly sleep deprived.

He copied ads and played with letters as forms which is technically and scientifically speaking, HELLA DOPE.  You go, James.